Artists Statement

with the bathwater…is the third major installment of a body of work begun in 2003 that witnesses the evolution of an imagined future. After generations of religious, governmental and corporate control of the population, a reactionary seed has taken root. In time this activity has devolved into an environment of indiscriminate justification, an era of excesses and extremes. Children are left without moral compass. The world they know is a world without consequences; they act accordingly, turning against parents, teachers and the adult world. After a period of catastrophe and destruction, they are faced with a new frontier, a new landscape, unrecognizable but possibly less bleak. They immediately put to practice the system they have grown to understand. A system of anti-rules. But at last even this philosophy of rationalization has become doctrine. Children’s games and absurd rituals are standard practice, the anti-uniform originally designed as a statement in opposition to religious and corporate codes of dress are compulsory uniforms. People who believe in truth of any kind are persecuted by the state. And the same impulses that have been responsible for the greatest social achievements of the west, perhaps of mankind, have left it void of meaning and potential.

Caleb Weintraub

2006

EDUCATION:
2003 - MFA, University of Pennsylvania 2000
- BFA, Boston University School for the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 – Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY - Galerie Swanstrom, Boston, MA 2005
- When the Bough Breaks, Axel Raben Gallery, NY, NY
- See How They Run, Galerie Swanstrom, Boston, MA
- Pop Goes the Apocalypse, Redux Contemporary Art Gallery, Charleston, SC 2004
- Put Your Head Down , Big Mouth, Brooklyn, NY 2003
- Selected Early Works by Caleb Weintraub, Harry Krug Gallery, Pittsburg, KS 2000
- Face to Face, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 – Nova, Chicago, IL 2005
- Scope Miami, FL
- Kunst Zurich, Switzerland
- Scope Hamptons, NY
- Nova Stray Show, Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Chicago, IL.
- Art Chicago in the Park, Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Chicago IL.
- Featured Artist, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
- Ultranite, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
- ‘05’ SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
- Flash Art Fair, (represented by Jack the Pelican Presents), Milan, Italy
- Bloomington Biennial, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN 2004
- LaGrange Exhibition, LaGrange, GA 2003
- Recent Work 2003, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
- Lost Worlds: Apocalyptic & Utopain Visions, Axel Raben Gallery, Curated by Kathy Goodel, New York, NY 2002
- Bold Expressions, The Northern California Arts, Fair Oaks, CA
- Show Stoppers, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
- 67th Annual Cooperstown Art Association Juried Competition, Cooperstown, NY
- The Fraser Gallery 2002 6th Annual Georgetown International Art Competition, Washington, DC
- “Realism 2002”, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
- Art Association of Harrisburg’s 74th Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA
- Plain Arts IV International Juried Exhibition, Pittsburg, KS
- Palm Spring’s Desert Museum NationalExhibition, Palm Springs, CA
- LaGrange National XXII Exhibition, LaGrange, GA

BIBLIOGRAPHY :
McCann, Margaret “Caleb Weintraub: See How They Run”, Art New England June/July 2005 “Jack the Pelican Presents under-recognized mid-career and emerging artists working in a post-ironic conceptual vein” Novayoungartfair.com April 2005
Haygood, Katherine Brennan “Pop Goes The Apocalypse, Weintraub Uses Shock and Awe to show desensitization” Post and Currier SC February 2005 “See how They Run…” Boston Pheonix Jan 25, 2005
Giuliano, Charles “Caleb Weintraub: See How They Run” Maverick Arts Jan 2005
Holland , Christian, “Caleb Weintraub at Galerie Swanstrom” Big Red and Shiny issue #17
“Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Caleb Weintraub” Carolina Arts Feature Articles Feb 2005
Smith, Nick “Killer Babies” Charleston City Paper Feb, 2, 2005 “Outside the Lines” Charleston City Paper, March 16, 2005“A Season of Art” The Morning Sun, Jan 9 2003

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
2003 - 50’ Outdoor Mural for the City of Philadelphia

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:
2005 - Redux Contemporary Art Studios Residency, Charleston, SC
- Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Santa Fe, NM
- Contemporary Artists Center Residency, North Adams, MA 2003
- Lawrence Shpintz Award
- Graduate Drawing Award, University if Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2002
- Past Presidents Award, The Northern California Arts, Inc. Fair Oaks, CA
- Piero Dorazio Award
- Best in Show, Art Association of Harrisburg’s Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA
- Kathleen Piunti Award for Oil Painting, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA - 1st Place Award, Plain Arts IV International Juried Exhibition, Pittsburg KS
- Winner Utrecht Art Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum Artist’s Council, Palm Springs, CA

PROFESSIONAL:
2005 - Assistant Professor, Painting, Drawing, Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- Visiting Artist, University of Central Arkansas
- Visiting lecturer, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2004-5- Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting, Drawing, Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2004 - Visiting critic, Painting, New York Academy of Art(Professor Paskow), Manhattan, NY
2003 - Drawing Instructor, Kean University,Union, NJ
- Visiting artist , Washington University, St. Louis MI
- Drawing Instructor, University of Pennsylvania
2002-2003 - Drawing Instructor/Coordinator, Life drawing sessions University of Pennsylvania 2002 - Drawing Instructor, University of Pennsylvania